Several members of our implementation team attended a planning session in Richmond yesterday to work on our plan. As with much around this project the timelines are tight. We hope to have the plan out to Fujitsu as soon as possible in early March. Part of that implementation plan will be a communication plan. While […]
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Accounts for 2014-2015
A proposed account naming convention for next year for all District Wide Login + Learn60 accounts is as follows: Username: LegalFirstname.LegalLastname## where ## will be a common number that we will announce later. This username would need to be at or under 20 characters due to system restrictions. Password: Two leading zeros and the student […]
Unplanned Service Outage due to Power Outage
We had a networking puzzle to solve this morning that related to the power outage. Services were down from 5:22am (due to the power outage) until just before 9am when all were restored. Power was back on at 6:39am and staff were working on the issue just before 7am. Our backup power system only lasts […]
SMARTTECH Purchasing Frozen
All SMARTTECH (smartboards, smart doc cameras, notebook) Purchasing is frozen until further notice until licensing changes are clarified and budget implications understood.
Planned Outages -Feb 4 into 5th, 2014
RFC# 108078 Location(s): Fort St John RNC – All Users SD60 – Clearview Elementary & Junior Secondary School Window: 2014-02-04 23:00:00MST through 2014-02-05 07:00:00MST Impact: 5 minute network outage during vendor requested maintenance
Comic Life Example on iOS
Comic life for iOS example with two characters from my life. #SD60 pic.twitter.com/W0SkY0SxW3 — Jarrod Bell (@jbellsd60) January 23, 2014
Short Planned Outage – Feb 4 night into morning of Feb 5, 2014
RFC# 108078 Location(s): Fort St John RNC – All Users SD60 – Clearview Elementary & Junior Secondary School Window: 2014-02-04 23:00:00MST through 2014-02-05 07:00:00MST Impact: 5 minute network outage during vendor requested maintenance
Assistive Apps for iOS
Sally Birley and I were having a conversation about assistive software today and I realized it was past time to put down some resources we have used or plan to test to support student learning with iOS devices. I’ve linked the apps below with their Canadian iTunes store link, prices and a description. These are […]
ConnectEdBC now MyEducationBC
Well the name on the SIS was short lived in what looks like a trademark issue. The SIS for BC will now be called MyEducationBC
Walk-In Clinic Tech Help
The Joint Technology Advisory Committee discussed the idea in January 2014 of a Walk-In Clinic for technology help. It was quite well received but we currently do not have a really good facility to support this until the Grandhaven site attached to the Aboriginal Education Centre is complete later this year. As soon as our […]